Richard chamberlain actor biography clint

Richard was born George Richard Chamberlain on the 31 March 1934 (not 1935 as stated in a lot of articles) in Beverly Hills, to parents Charles and Elsa Chamberlain. He was their second child, their first son was Bill aged 6 at the time of Richard's birth.

His father Charles was a salesman for a company which made fittings for chain stores, which made the family reasonably well off.

Richard at 18 months old

Richard's mother and father, Elsa and Charles Chamberlain, and brother Bill

Two years after Richard was born his parents moved the few miles from Los Angeles to Hollywood into a seven-roomed house in Beverly Hills.

Richard at 6-years old

Richard started school at the Beverly Vista Grammer School.

Richard at 13-years old

He then went onto the Beverly Hills High School.

Richard chamberlain actor biography clint

When he graduated from school he was voted the best-mannered boy in the class. Richard then went on to study art at California's famous Pomona College in Claremont, twenty-five miles from Hollywood. T